Category: JMU Libraries News

Posted September 27, 2016

James Madison University is hosting The 1st Annual Pulp Studies Symposium: Sensational Scholarship on October 7 & 8, 2016. The deadline to registerr is September 30.  The registration fee includes dinner on Friday as well as breakfast & lunch on Saturday.  Don’t […]

Posted September 25, 2016

This week is Banned Books Week, an annual celebration of the freedom to read. Why do we celebrate this week? James Madison, for whom our university is named, is known as the “Father of the Constitution.” The first amendment of the U.S. Constitution protects freedom […]

Posted September 22, 2016

As we find ourselves in the thick of a Presidential Election cycle, we will engage conversation focusing on the role media can and should play in encouraging active engagement in civic life during and beyond elections, both nationally and closer […]

Posted September 19, 2016

Celebrate the re-opening of the historic Carrier entrance by the Centennial Fountain, as well as other space updates made in Rose & Carrier Libraries, at the Carrier Library Grand Re-Opening! All students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members are invited to this […]

Posted September 13, 2016

2016 marks the 100th anniversary of the National Park System and the 90th anniversary of the authorization of Shenandoah National Park. To mark these events, JMU Special Collections presents Researching and Writing “Shenandoah: A Story of Conservation and Betrayal” on Wednesday September […]

Posted September 12, 2016

For the first time in its history, JMU’s Music Library (located in the Music Building, B59) has opened its collection of musical scores, LPs, and CDs to the public. Visitors to the Music Library may now browse the shelves and find items […]

Posted August 29, 2016

This summer, JMU Libraries revised the policies related to checking out library books and other items. With fewer overdue fines and longer check-out periods, these policies were designed to empower you to use our collections more fully for your research, teaching, […]

Posted August 26, 2016

We’ve been working this Summer on a ton of updates to library spaces and services and we’re excited to share them with you! Here are the top 7 things you need to know about what’s new in the Libraries this fall: Our new […]

Posted August 22, 2016

JMU prides itself on being a campus where we “open doors.”  In that spirit, I am pleased to announce that, in time for the fall semester, Carrier Library’s Historic Entrance has been re-opened. The entrance has been locked since the […]

Posted May 18, 2016

On November 20th, 1969, a handful of students published then Madison College’s first underground newspaper. “If you’re not part of the solution, Then you’re part of the problem,” read the tagline at the top of the paper.  Next to it, […]